Matthew Hendrickson
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Matthew Hendrickson is a staff reporter and editor.
A defense attorney for Melvin Jordan, 47, of the 7700 block of South Marshfield Avenue, requested a mental health evaluation of his client Friday. Jordan is also accused of pulling a knife on the firefighters Tuesday.
Man acquitted in nearly 30-year-old West Side murder case tied to ex-detective accused of misconduct
Jurors found Bernard Williams, 44, not guilty after only a few hours of deliberations in his retrial on murder and aggravated battery charges Thursday evening.
2 Chicago firefighters escape after man lures them into home doused in gasoline, pulls knife on them
A battalion chief and lieutenant were unharmed after fellow firefighters broke a window and got them out of the Auburn Gresham home, police said. The man had once been convicted of murder.
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis said the decision was made due to “the anticipated volume of investigations and hearings on pretrial detention” when bail reform goes into effect Sept. 18.
No evidence was ever produced that Keegan Casteel had nefarious intentions when a housekeeper found guns and ammunition in his room at the W Hotel on Lake Shore Drive.
Los fiscales habían recomendado una sentencia de dos años de prisión para Bianca Finnigan, pero el juez coincidió con la abogada defensora Andrea Gambino en que su clienta tuvo el papel más mínimo en la conspiración.
“Here’s the deal, this is like you just won the World Series,” U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly warned Bianca Finnigan, 34. “You won’t get a second break.”
Una funcionaria dijo que los requisitos del toque de queda se habían comunicado claramente a las personas que se alojaban en el refugio y se aplicaban estrictamente por razones de seguridad.
One woman who had been asked to leave said the families had nowhere else to go, but the local alderperson said they had been offered an alternative place to stay for the night.